Monday, April 30, 2012

We have sneak peeks to share Monday through
Wednesday. All of the new products will be available for purchase
on Thursday, May 3rd at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in
the Fresh out of the Oven Department at
the Taylored Expressions Store.

Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the
stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL
Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.

Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaway: Each day, one lucky
blog commenter will be chosen by random draw to win a $10 TE Gift
Certificate. Winners will be chosen from a different Baker's Dozen
blog each day and will be announced on Taylor's blog on Release Day! Be
sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and leave comments on each
and every blog for more chances to win. Limit one comment per blog
per day, please. Comments for the
drawings close Wednesday 5/2 at 7pm PST.

Hey everyone!! I know I say this every month...but can you believe a new month is just about here already?!?! I always look forward to the first of the month because I get to share with you the sneak peeks of Taylored Expressions monthly release, the first Thursday of every month!

The Bakers and I are excited to share with you today, a BUNCH new stamps and accessories. :) Are you ready for it all?! Now, we all share something different, so you will definitely want to hop around to see a sampling of it all. But just to whet your appetite, you will get to see 3 new stamp sets, All Aboard, Loads of Fun, and Far Out; all of the new Taylored Dies, the new Project Pantry, Loyal Project Pantry, and finally, a brand new Father's Day Digi! Whew! That was a lot to share!

So, without further ado, I get to share with you a project I created using the new FAR OUT stamp set, SPROCKETS BORDER DIE, and the LOYAL PROJECT PANTRY!

Oh my goodness, he is sooo cute!! I ADORE this stamp set! And let me tell you, all of the robots in this set are SOOO cute! It took me a while to pick one to stamp with because I just wanted to use them all!
The Far Out stamp set features 21 images/sentiments, and was illustrated by Emily Burger for her Embracing Grace line of stamps. This entire set is so fun and quirky and the sentiments are as well! Not to mention, there are so many additional images in the set that it would be sooo easy to build an adorable outta space scene!

I couldn't resist using the new Sprockets Border Die...you can see it in the background, and the papers from the Loyal Project Pantry are just irresistible!

When you want to bake up a yummy dessert you head to your pantry for the ingredients. When you want to create a sweet papercrafting project, you can head to a Taylored Expressions Project Pantry for all the coordinating elements. We've found that some of the best cake and cookie recipes are the ones based around a basic batter or dough recipe with lots of options to spice it up according to your tastes. Taylored Expressions is offering the Loyal Basic Recipe Kit along with optional Spice It Up Ingredients that you can pick and choose from to build the kit just the way you want it.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Hello everyone!! I have been enjoying the heck out of this Spring, and I'm sad that summer is quickly approaching. I have been spending a lot of time running outdoors (I'm up to running 2.5 miles!), hey, that's good for me! And I also downloaded a new app for my iPhone called Fitocracy. You see, I used to be a pretty big gamer (think World of Warcraft and Everquest)...crazy, I know! Anyway, these app makes workouts into challenges, quests, and achievements. I'm all about "leveling up my character," so this app is perfect for me in driving me to work out. Let's just say that I used to work out at the gym 3 days a week max, and since I've downloaded and started using the app, I now am going on week 4 of working out and/or running on the trails a minimum of 6 days a week. I give myself Saturday as a day to relax. :) I'm loving life!

Anyway, since I've been enjoying all of the cool crisp evenings and bountiful flowers and butterflies, I felt inspired to make a couple of colorful and bright Thank You cards. Check it out..

I just ADORE the set Rosy Posey and the coordinating set of Rosy Posey Dies. I mean...LOVE these!! I wanted to create some quick and easy CAS cards, but add a little dimension by popping up some of the die cut flowers. For my first card, I used a palette of reds, yellow (hmm, doesn't look too yellow up there), aqua, pink and green. I always get bored doing the same thing, so for my second card, I just changed a color and added orange. :)

See the difference? I think it's pretty cool how changing just one color can make a card look different! Oh yeah, I love adding Taylor's Tiny Twinkles to just about everything, so they got added on as centers. They are all clear, but I always just color them with my Copics to any color I want them to be, just a cool little trick to adding more mileage to your Twinkles. ;)

By the way...4 tests down in my Physiology class and only 1 left to go!! Still holding a solid A average in the class, which I'm very proud of! :)

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Hey everyone! I was so excited with Taylor Expression's April release because she offered a fun new die called the Onesie Notecard Die. Although I didn't play with it for any of the sneak posts, I couldn't wait to play with as soon as I possible could! Check out these little "babies" I whipped up real quick!

Oh my goodness these are just too cute!! These dies actually DO make little notecards...the little brad on the bottom simply holds the card closed, and you just undo the brad to open up the notecard for your special sentiments. Gah! Why couldn't I have had these around when I was pregnant?! Well, I'm still loving these anyway...there's always someone I know that's pregnant or with a baby!

These came together sooo quickly, it should be illegal! ;) I used sentiments from the stamp set, Baby Cakes, and they fit just perfectly! Embellishments were just grabbed at random from my stash. Seriously...some of them were still laying on my craft desk from projects made a month ago!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

More projects from the Baker's Dozen to inspire you. Just follow the link list below.

FREE A la Carte Stamp - Order the London Market Project Pantry and any Full-size stamp set and you will receive the Mom A la Carte stamp
absolutely FREE. Please note that the stamp will not show up
in your cart, but we will be sure to include it with your order.

Did you win one of the Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaways? Find the list of winners on Taylor's Blog.

Woohoo! It's time to share the last set of projects before you're off to dive into your shopping experience. On Monday I had mentioned creating a card using the newLondon Market Project Pantry....I must say, one of my all time top favorite Project Pantries. :) It features gorgeous papers from the Pink Paislee's London Market along with all of the coordinating cardstock and ribbon. Check it out..

I love how using the different papers can make the exact same layout look almost like a completely different card!

I must say, the papers in this last one are my absolute fave. I love the shabby blue with pink flowers...oy! And there you have it....3 cards, easily mass produced! Just grab your dies and go to town!

So do you dig this month's project pantry as much as I do? I hope so! There's still more to see though, so be sure and visit the following blogs before you venture into your online shopping experience. :)

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

We have sneak peeks to share Monday through Wednesday. All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, April 5th at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.

Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.

Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaway: Each day, one lucky blog
commenter will be chosen by random draw to win a $10 TE Gift
Certificate. Winners will be chosen from a different Baker's Dozen
blog each day and will be announced on Taylor's blog on
Release Day! Be sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and
leave comments on each and every blog for more chances to
win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please. Comments for the
drawings close Wednesday 4/4 at 7pm PST.

Woohoo!! Back again for Day 3 of sneaks!! Tomorrow is the big day...exactly 24 hours from the time this post goes live, everything you have been seeing will be available for purchase! I hope you are pretty excited. :) Well, we have one more sneak of a set to share with you today...

Yep! It's another Moka! Meet Moka Margo, the latest addition to the collection of Mokas' designed by the uber talented Nancy McKinney for her Whimsical Wishes line of stamps. This petite stamp set is a set of 3 featuring Ms. Margo (and baby!) and 2 coordinating sentiments. Just in time for Mother's Day! ;) But she can be used any time of year...there is a new mom "born" all the time, right?! I used papers from Authentique's Uncommon, and one of a brand new set of dies. Can you see it?? There are a new collection of Fancy Buckle Dies that I'm so excited about! There are a set of FIVE, and I used one of them up here! There's actually a "buckle" for the ribbon to go through under the button, but I thought it looked so cute threaded through the button on top! Yet another really simple layout here too...and I like it! Since I've been on a bit of a paper-piecing kick, I went ahead and did the same for her dress and then colored the rest with my Copics. She's cute, isn't she? I like that her hair is short...don't we all tend to chop it off with babies? LOL!

So there is still more to see today...more baby stuff...and a FUN new die!! Can't wait to see it in action, so be sure to hop around to these ladies:

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

We have sneak peeks to share Monday through Wednesday. All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, April 5th at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.

Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.

Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaway: Each day, one lucky blog
commenter will be chosen by random draw to win a $10 TE Gift
Certificate. Winners will be chosen from a different Baker's Dozen
blog each day and will be announced on Taylor's blog on
Release Day! Be sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and
leave comments on each and every blog for more chances to
win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please. Comments for the
drawings close Wednesday 4/4 at 7pm PST.

Hello again friends!! I'm soooo happy that you are back today! Did you enjoy hopping around and seeing all the great projects? Are you dying to get your hands on the new sets?! :) Well, just hold out for only a couple of short days! There's more to share!

This super cute set is one of 3 sets being sneaked today. I'm so happy to share with you, Rose Garden Estate. This is a mini set of 9 lovely images and sentiments, designed by the very talented, Doug Applegate, for his Apple Doodle Ink line of stamp sets. There is a Mother's Day sentiment included, but this lovely set can be used year round. I stamped the house with Memento Tuxedo Black and then paper-pieced it with papers from My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Howdy Doody papers. Sooooo lovely!!! Any places that was not paper-pieced was simply filled in with some Copics I had on hand. So, what do you think? I just love the roses around the door. My favorite (not included on my card) are some rose topiaries!!

Ok, ready to check out what else is in store? Have at it! And don't forget to come right back here tomorrow....please! ;)

Monday, April 2, 2012

We have sneak peeks to share Monday through Wednesday. All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, April 5th at 8 am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department at the Taylored Expressions Store.

Join us as a fan on Facebook for an early peek at the stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.

Mystery Baker's Dozen Blog Giveaway: Each day, one lucky blog
commenter will be chosen by random draw to win a $10 TE Gift
Certificate. Winners will be chosen from a different Baker's Dozen
blog each day and will be announced on Taylor's blog on
Release Day! Be sure to hop around to see all the sneak peeks and
leave comments on each and every blog for more chances to
win. Limit one comment per blog per day, please. Comments for the
drawings close Wednesday 4/4 at 7pm PST.

Hello again friends!! Happy beginning of April! Can you believe that there are only 8 weeks left and then it's summer?? Geez, where has the time gone?! Well, I always look forward to the beginning of a new month, cause that's when the Taylored Expression's sneak peeks begin! I just love this release...filled with stamps for the fun and quirky, to the downright elegant. Just the perfect mix!! Speaking of, let's start with fun, shall we?? :)

All of us are sharing two projects today...one of which features this super adorable set of Fruity Friends! Oh goodness, I just can't stand how cute these fruits are! I couldn't go with just one of the images from the set, so I went with a few. :) This set features 20 images/sentiments and was concepted by our very own, Wanda Guess! With Emily Burger illustrating for her Embracing Grace line of stamps, it just couldn't go wrong! This is a full sized set of pre-cut RUBBER stamps already mounted to EZ Mount and ready to stamp with on your acrylic blocks. Don't forget, for those who enjoy organization, they also fit perfectly in the Mini Binder Boxes. Cute right?! I can't wait to see what you guys will do with these cute images and punny sentiments.

And for my second project for today....totally switching gears...

...a beautiful set of botanicals and butterflies entitled, Make it Amazing. Now, this set has THREE coordinating dies...and I love them all!! Only used one of them here, but I just LOVE how the die matches the gorgeous butterfly. I really hate fussy-cutting around antenna! It's usually pretty inevitable that I just end up chopping them off anyway and my butterflies go antennae-less, LOL! Not anymore!!
This set features 19 beautiful images/sentiments and was illustrated by our fabulous illustrator, Nancy McKinney for her Whimsical Wishes line of stamps. Just beautiful, am I right?! Also, gorgeous papers and ribbon, yes?? That's from the new London Market Project Pantry....I will be showing you more of it later this week!
I actually loved the layout that I used for my first card, so I thought it would be neat to use a very similar layout for this card. Two totally different styles of card, but same format, easy peasy!

So has your appetite for more been whetted? :) Well, be sure and visit the many more projects being offered up for your viewing pleasure! And I hope to see you right back here tomorrow...and leading up to the big release on Thursday!